Copyright is a different matter. These historical artifacts won't have any copyright on them in the first place, and are physically secured to prevent people fr

Copyright is a different matter. These historical artifacts won't have any copyright on them in the first place, and are physically secured to prevent people from seeing them. If somebody snuck in and took pictures, there'd be no reason for the owner to have any control over the resulting pictures(although the trespasser could be prosecuted). With code, "[..]sold, insured or stored[...]" are the three verbs under consideration. Selling and insuring likely require somebody to look at it, so copyright is somewhat relevant(although you can make them sign an NDA). But that "stored" verb would mean that writing code for your personal or company use with no intention to ever show it to the public is also illegal. So you wouldn't just waive some benefits, but would be fined or jailed if you don't file a copy with the government.